Copernicus Publications
Prepare your manuscript for Aerosol Research.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-07-15
Article types
Review
Letter
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Reference style
- Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
- A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to public sources of information to permit the author's peers to replicate the work.
Competing interests
- An author should declare any potential conflicts of interest in a special section prior to the acknowledgements.
Ethics statement
- If applicable, authors should provide a statement up to 100 words on ethical, cultural, and scientific considerations specific to inclusivity in global research.
Author contributions
- Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- The section 'Author contribution' at the end of the manuscript must state clearly the role of each author and co-author.
Preprints and prior publication
- A scientist who has done extensive work on a system or group of related systems should organize publication so that each paper gives a complete account of a particular aspect of the general study.
Artificial intelligence disclosure
- Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Authors should provide the name of the specific AI tool utilised and clearly describe the purpose and extent of this use.
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- Generative AI must not be used for text or interpretations, and authors need to ensure that the manuscript does not include any AI-generated hallucinated or unverifiable data.
Other submission requirements
- A paper should be as concise as possible but not at the expense of scientific accuracy and completeness.
- Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, should be treated similarly.
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- Fragmentation of research papers should be avoided.
- Review: Such suggested literature should be relevant and well reasoned in the review.
- It should be balanced regarding authors, journals, working groups, and institutions.
- Review: Authors should critically review such suggestions and do not have to follow them.
- Review: The same critical review should be applied when receiving suggestions for the inclusion of additional literature from the handling editor.
- This assistive use of AI does not need to be declared by authors.
- Use of AI that goes beyond assistive use is considered generative and, in this case, declaration is necessary.
- An author should cite those publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work and that will quickly guide the reader to the initial work essential for understanding the present investigation.
Language and text style
- Papers have to be written in English, and authors should pay attention to correct spelling and grammar.
Submission forms and permissions
- Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported in the author's work without explicit permission from the investigator with whom the information originated.
Authorship and originality
- To protect the integrity of authorship, only persons who have significantly contributed to the research and paper preparation should be listed as authors.
- Deceased persons who meet the criterion for co-authorship should be included, with a footnote reporting date of death.
What your package checks
Declarations: Author contributions, Artificial intelligence
Source transparency
This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.
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